The percent of students enrolled in summer classes at Nicholls State University increases with classification.

According to data from the Office of Assessment and Institutional Research at Nicholls, there are 1,477 undergraduate students enrolled in the Summer 2015 semester as of June 9. During the Summer 2014 semester there were 1,559 undergraduate students enrolled, which shows that summer enrollment at Nicholls dropped 5.26 percent this year.

For the past two years, percentages of undergraduate students enrolled in summer classes range from lowest to highest in relation to classification. This year there are 15.44 percent of freshmen, 18.01 percent of sophomores, 23.02 percent of juniors, and 43.53 percent of seniors enrolled in summer classes.
Business administration senior Kade Smith said that taking summer classes as a senior is a good idea when trying to graduate on time.

“I took summer classes my sophomore and junior year, and now I’m taking one again as a senior to make sure I graduate on time,” Smith said. “I think that as you progress through college, you become more conscious of what you need to do to graduate and that’s why more upperclassmen take summer classes.”

The majority of undergraduate students attending summer classes are enrolled in three to nine hours. Smith said there are many reasons why students take summer classes.

“I understand why some students want to take as many hours as they can during the summer so that they feel secure during the fall and spring semesters,” Smith said.

The data also shows that University College has remained the college with the largest percentage of undergraduates enrolled in summer courses for the past two summers, with 27.96 of undergraduates this summer and 29.38 percent last summer. The College of Nursing and Allied health received the lowest number of undergraduates this summer with only 14.22 percent. Last summer, the College of Education received the lowest number of undergraduates with only 15.07 percent.